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Julius Campbell recently celebrated his 100th birthday, but he remains strong and has accomplished a great deal in his long life, from serving in the Navy to founding his own church.

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You won't believe how this Texas city offers something special and heartwarming with their ‘Grandma Stand,’ and I think every city needs to take note!

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When they feared losing their newborn, they prayed for a miracle, and then he pulled through.

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A woman was struggling to carry her groceries in the cold when someone saw her need.

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For almost a decade, loyal Pensacola, FL, Shrimp Basket customer Charlie Hicks showed up twice a day for his usual bowl of gumbo with light rice.

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A family battling a daughter’s rare illness gets the perfect secret Santa surprise.

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A 33-year-old hiker, Austin Dirks, was off on an outdoor adventure in Utah’s Arches National Park on Dec. 7 when he got himself stuck in near-freezing temperatures.

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A 67-year-old California man saves his family from a fire after jumping from the second-floor window.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/rescued-from-quicksand.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/ca-man-saves-family-from-fire.html 

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Sadie, a black Labrador retriever-mix, found herself in trouble that would shake even the bravest pet parent.

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The fun and furry event broke a Guinness World Record. And everyone had a tail-wagging good time.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/golden-retriever-gathering-breaks-records.html 

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A California family launched a pizzeria to help their daughter with special needs thrive.

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Every year since he was 5, Tucker Rose has collected thousands of cards to give to veterans.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/helping-daughter-with-special-needs.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/helping-veterans-during-christmas.html 

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An off-duty paramedic saves a girl from an extremely dangerous house fire on Thanksgiving Day in LA.

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This December, the Gary Sinise Foundation brought more than 1,600 Gold Star family members to Walt Disney World in Florida for their annual Snowball Express event.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/snowball-express-for-gold-star-families.html 

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81 years later, two WWII veterans meet and discover they survived the same POW camp.

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Three Virginia first graders saved their teacher after she started choking on a piece of food.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/first-graders-save-teacher.html 

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A new dad makes his son's birth just in the nick of time after an appendix removal surgery.

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Zach Zarembinski and Isabelle Richard were teens, each suffering from traumatic injuries, when they met at a Minnesota hospital after waking from their comas.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/coma-survivors-get-engaged.html 

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A family in The Woodlands, Texas, was on a Thanksgiving outing when a 12-year-old girl fell into a sand hole.

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A baby girl was born in a Missouri Buc-ee’s parking lot after her parents couldn’t make it to the hospital in time.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/baby-born-at-bucees.html 

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A birthday fishing trip got turned upside down, literally, in Clearwater, Florida, on Nov. 25. After 20 hours on the water, the family was found at sea.

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Sometimes… through a graduation photo delivered to the wrong mailbox because the Lord clearly has a sense of humor.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/strangers-became-family-after-photo-mix-up.html 

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A 9-year-old Minnesota girl gives out free compliments just to make her neighbor’s day.

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A school bus driver’s split-second decision saves a 4-year-old from Lake Owasso.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/school-bus-driver-saves-child.html 

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In their deepest grief, a family looks to God for hope after losing their six-year-old son, Abel Torres-Aquino.

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When doctors said he had zero percent chance of survival, 15-year-old Riley Shoemaker proved that God still writes stories no human doctor can predict.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/hope-after-losing-son.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/teen-burn-victim-goes-home.html 

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Two teens, Jack Borowski and Brodie Perry, came across a young woman who simply could not make it down the mountain on her own.

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An Elementary school in New Jersey loves their deaf therapy dog so much that the whole school threw him a birthday party.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/carrying-injured-hiker-to-safety.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/students-learn-sign-language-for-dog.html 

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Lyle and Eleanor Gittens met over 80 years ago and are now considered the oldest living married couple.

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A baby born at 24 weeks is finally coming home after spending the first 18 months of her life in the hospital.

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What happens when two seniors fall in love at the Y? Why, they get married in the pool, of course.

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For Maria Carlin, a 36-year-old mother from Long Island, that moment came on a July morning when she placed her four-year-old son, Jack, into his car seat and began racing him to the hospital.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/seniors-marry-in-a-pool.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/god-worked-a-miracle.html 

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A woman gets a glimpse of the past when she finds a love letter from WWI in her attic.

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A Hawaii lifeguard, still recovering 11 days after a shark attack, describes the moment it struck.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/love-letter-from-wwi.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/lifeguard-bit-by-shark.html 

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When George Lynn was a mere toddler, doctors gave him a diagnosis that could have written the story of his life before he ever had a chance to hold the pen.

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You might think a WWII vet would be resting at home or making frequent visits to the doctor, but one special New York WWII veteran works at Lowe's 3 days a week.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/inspiring-others-with-autism.html 

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A Secret Santa had a very special surprise for a certain Mrs. Claus in Eastern Idaho. First-grade teacher Sherri Empey, a widow of Santa, received a gift that blew her away.

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A Texas woman finds her wedding ring after she thought it was lost in a fire. This miracle is what we like to call a God wink.

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 A special family donated a very special spruce to be the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree this year. But for Judy Russ, it’s as much a gift for her and her family as it is for America.

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She wasn’t supposed to live past 4; now, at 20, this woman, who was born without a brain, is a living miracle.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/2025-rockefeller-center-christmas-tree.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/woman-born-without-a-brain.html 

On December 13th, the actor and entertainer will be turning 100 years old. And he has lived quite the life in those years. 

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Grab a tissue and watch how, from a DNA match, a woman meets her biological father for the first time.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/dick-van-dyke-turns-100.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/woman-meets-biological-father.html 

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A 12-pound pup was two families’ hero after their Long Beach, NY, homes suddenly went up in flames while they were asleep on Nov. 9, 2025.

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The rain came down hard that Sunday in Boca Raton, Florida, one of those sudden storms that turns parking lots into rivers and streets into swirling tides.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/mini-goldendoodle-saves-family.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/teen-saves-strangers-during-flood.html 

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The sea thundered below the cliffs of Fort Funston, wild and fierce against the rocks and there, clinging to a narrow ledge halfway down, was a trembling 40-pound dog.

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The sun had barely set over the small town of Heflin, Alabama, when mischief and laughter began to roll, quite literally, through the streets.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/wholesome-police-prank-story.html 

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18-year-old Will Burrell of Long Island, New York, is quite the teenager who gives back. He opened a business that gives back to the military.

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A Pennsylvania volunteer firefighter is putting on her gear again, two years after an incident that took the life of her boyfriend and left her in critical condition.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/real-life-story-of-courage-after-loss.html 

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A girl’s volleyball team in Texas raises money to buy their custodian a car, and it reminds us of the power that is bound up in the little hearts of children.

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When Kent Briggs, a local lawn care professional, noticed a neighbor’s yard growing long, he didn’t ask questions or wait for thanks; he simply showed up.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/buy-custodian-a-car.html

https://www.godtube.com/blog/man...

A mother notices something isn’t right with her daughter’s school bus and saves the lives of 22 children.

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After decades of searching, a woman with cancer finds her birth mom right when she needed her most.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/mother-notices-fire-on-the-school-bus.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/woman-with-cancer-finds-birth-mom.html 

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A Special Bonus Episode From Bought + Beloved: How often do we take our own blessings for granted? And how much more often do we neglect to steward what we've been given to make a life-changing and Gospel impact for those in need? Kirby Kelly is partnering with Samaritan's Purse this holiday season and had the pleasure of interviewing Kristy Graham to discuss how their ministry is changing the world one donation at a time. From beekeeping to raising chicks, all to feeding starving babies and digging wells, I want to encourage my listeners to give alongside me this holiday...

There’s something about Betty Kellenberger that makes you sit a little taller and whisper to yourself, “Lord, let me have that kind of grit and grace.”

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One man and a Los Angeles dog rescue organization had a very clever idea to find his lost dog using his dirty socks...And it worked.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/hiking-appalachian-trail-at-80.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/dog-found-using-dirty-socks.html 

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Sunlight was spilling through the canopy at Sequoia Park Zoo in Eureka, California, when an unexpected guest wandered in, paws padding softly across the boardwalk.

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When a tragic death hit Kim and Curtis Wormsbaker’s lives, they thought that’s all it was until they learned their son's organs saved lives—102, in fact.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/wild-bear-found-in-zoo.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/sons-organs-save-lives.html 

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Jackie Bennett is a former teacher and coach who taught at Page High School in Franklin, Tennessee. The beloved educator was also diagnosed with kidney failure and needed a kidney transplant.

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She’s 101, still working six days a week–and says she wouldn’t have it any other way.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/former-student-donates-kidney.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/working-at-101-and-loving-it.html 

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A 10-year-old Florida Girl Scout saves her father’s life using her first aid training because sometimes heroes wear ponytails and sashes instead of capes.

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An Atlantic City police officer saved a dog by jumping into frigid water last month.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/girl-scout-saves-dad-with-training.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/police-officer-saves-dog-in-water.html 

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Family and friends celebrate the life of a woman who loved so deeply. Some people collect things—stamps, teacups, trinkets. But Gayle Noble collected hearts.

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A two-year-old found by a volunteer and a K9 after she wandered off was missing for hours until an angel with fur stepped in.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/missing-girl-found-by-k-9.html 

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Quick-thinking California teens rescue a surfer after an ocean injury. It was meant to be a peaceful morning — but in a single heartbeat, everything changed.

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A North Carolina couple win the lottery and can finally go on their honeymoon after 31 years.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/honeymoon-after-31-years.html 

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A British man and his skydiving instructor survive, falling 11,000 feet to the ground after a parachute malfunction.

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An 8-year-old boy with a rare health condition experiences life as a firefighter for the day.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/man-survives-skydiving-accident.html

https://www.godtube.com/blog/life-as-a-firefighter-for-the-day.html 

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Tragedy hit a family from Tennessee when both the mother and the father died just a week apart.

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Sometimes the most ordinary nights become the setting for the most extraordinary miracles. And sets the stage for how God can make all things come together for our good.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/grieving-son-becomes-guardian.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/next-door-neighbor-saved-his-life.html

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The Castelo family found themselves standing beside a Florida lake, moments before a tragedy could have unfolded.

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Her dog was finally found 2,000 miles from home after going missing during a storm.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/dog-found-2000-miles-from-home.html 

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 A nursing home resident in Indiana gets a touch of Disney magic without leaving home.

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A young man and his father help their community by providing free lawn care to those in need.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/touch-of-disney-magic-in-nursing-home.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/offering-free-lawn-care.html 

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 It’s not every day a 9-year-old is asked to donate stem cells, but when his dad was on the verge of death, that’s what young Stephen Mondek did.

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A police dog earns a yummy reward from McDonald’s when he finds a missing man with dementia.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/dog-finds-missing-man.html 

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Pen pals who never stopped writing finally met in England after 51 years.

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Peter Macdonald from Lancashire, England, was reunited with his older brother after a 50-year separation.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/pen-pals-meet-in-person.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/taken-through-a-train-window.html 

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One compassionate Rhode Island bus driver helped a boy grieve the loss of his grandpa by making him her special helper.

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For his 103rd birthday, one veteran got the NASCAR moment of a lifetime

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/103rd-birthday-wish.html 

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